reposit
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of repōnō (“put back”), from re- + pōnō (“put”). See position.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɒzɪt/
Verb
reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)
- (transitive) To cause to rest or stay in a certain place; to place, put, or deposit.
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:
- Others reposit their young in holes.
Related terms
References
- “reposit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Verb
reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)
- (transitive) To posit again.
- 2013, Ephraim-Stephen Essien, editor, Summa Philosophica: An Introduction to Philosophy and Logic, page 371:
- Heidegger reposited the question which had earlier been posited by the doctor of monadology, Leibnitz.